TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 14,813 1,119 565 554 210
WHITE 11,379 773 382 391 144
NONWHITE 3,434 346 183 163 66
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 50 2 19 29 25 0 9 16 25 2 10 13
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 14 1 6 7 7 0 3 4 7 1 3 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 27 2 13 12 5 0 3 2 22 2 10 10
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 8 0 0 8 2 0 0 2 6 0 0 6
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 11 0 1 10 5 0 1 4 6 0 0 6
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 6 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 44.7 3.5 86.6 (15-19) 32.3 0.0 63.9 (15-19) 72.2 10.9 141.1 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 6 0 2 4 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 2
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 120.0 0.0 105.3 137.9 160.0 . 222.2 125.0 80.0 0.0 0.0 153.8
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 56 2 21 33 29 0 11 18 27 2 10 15
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 50.0 3.5 97.5 (15-19) 37.5 0.0 74.2 (15-19) 78.0 10.9 153.4 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
